I enjoyed the discussion of Byrne's different experiences with music making in the various projects he has been involved in. Making music lyrics-first, melody-first, from samples, and from self-made samples. The first-hand CBGB history was interesting also. Byrne's thoughts on natural music, pop, and other musical fads and concepts were interesting, but somewhat verbose.

The book dragged on occasionally, but this was probably due to the fact that I listened to it straight through as an audiobook. It may have been more enjoyable if I had thumbed through chapters.